Rive Gauche Eau de Toilette

Yves Saint Laurent

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3.8

84 reviews
71%
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    5.0
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    kborda

    15 years ago

    Oh, how I long for vintage Rive Gauche!!! Wore it in the early 80's and loved it. Revisited it recently by purchasing a bottle from YSL. Yes, it's similar, but not the same. Yet, it's still...

    About reviewer (55 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    3.0
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    hollyc01

    15 years ago

    This is a nice rose fragrance and I'm sure I detect violets as well. This is very, very flowery and quite sweet. It has great lasting power and projects fairly well also for an EdT. However, I...

    About reviewer (217 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    Dagney

    15 years ago

    My comments are based on the post 2003 edt formulation. After trying Rive Gauche, I'm kind of disappointed after reading all of the great reviews. Rive Gauche is a straight up oriental fragrance...

    About reviewer (249 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinOily, Medium, Warm

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    4.0
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    Moonpetals

    16 years ago

    Very powdery and soft. Elegant and not something everyone wears. For some reason men love this so much.

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    rhondaaa

    16 years ago

    I would give this just one lippie if it weren't for the lovely packaging. my father worked for YSL and Chanel fragrances when I was a teen, so I grew up bathing in their fragrances. To me, Rive...

    About reviewer (19 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    Melloney

    16 years ago

    This is a wonderful classic scent . I love it .

    About reviewer (463 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

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    CandyApple85

    16 years ago

    i like this one, but i don't love it! firstly, the bottle - i dont dislike it as an object per se, but as a perfume bottle? im not that keen on it. i think its a bit gaudy and i prefer something a...

    About reviewer (73 reviews)

    Age19-24

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    5.0
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    bethd44

    16 years ago

    OK, I'm old but my DH is older and he loves this one on me. I agree with a previous reviewer - it probably does remind him of the 70s when we were both a lot younger and friskier. That said, I...

    About reviewer (73 reviews)

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    5.0
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    lillie_munster

    16 years ago

    Rive Gauche-EdT: I must say that the new version despite all the critique lacks the dreaded metallic note which i found in the vintage one. The vetiver drydown is distinct and dewy, still warm and...

    About reviewer (100 reviews)

    Age30-35

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    5.0
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    nhwrites

    17 years ago

    I hadn't thought about Rive Gauche in quite awhile but I remember the scent like it was yesterday. It was the only perfume that my best friend's college roomate wore and she wore it beautifully...

    About reviewer (35 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    magicalmoongoddess

    17 years ago

    I still have the older version of Rive Gauche - not that there's much of it left now, but I'm using it sparingly :-) I think this fragrance is a classic - elegant, refined and formulated in the...

    About reviewer (202 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    takemyhusbandplz

    17 years ago

    I'd rate this 3.5 lippies. I'm not sure which version I sampled but I really enjoyed Rive Gauche. This is a very classic type of fragrance. It seems to have an oaky powdery finish. It makes me...

    About reviewer (744 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

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    5.0
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    SBMD

    17 years ago

    When my husband and I went to Paris last August, I noticed Sephoras in the City of Light carried this. I love powdery aldehydes and picked up the Intense version of this fragrance, which I will now...

    About reviewer (223 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

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    5.0
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    buttermilk

    18 years ago

    This is one of my favorite fragrances. It was always sitting in my mom's medicine cabinet when I was a kid. One day, after college, I decided to borrow it and was hooked. The modern version is...

    About reviewer (46 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    5.0
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    staci23

    18 years ago

    Gorgeous aldehydic fragrance. If you are a fan of Chanel No 5, you will want to try this. I find this to be a very soft powdery sophisticated fragrance. I love wearing it and it's very "me". I...

    About reviewer (167 reviews)

    Age36-43

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    5.0
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    lakek

    18 years ago

    Beautiful, fresh, original smell of freesias. Does not leave that horrible powdery smell. Fresh enough for the office. Sophiscated enough for the evening.

    About reviewer (30 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    4.0
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    LipstickLil

    18 years ago

    This old favourite of mine has now been reformulated but I couldn't resist spritzing the edt in a department store today. The opening burst of aldehydes is breathtakingly sharp with plenty of...

    About reviewer (351 reviews)

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    alice_alix

    18 years ago

    The original scent was better, a star of 70's: a classy, woody-aldehydic fragrance which had many adorers. I don't know why in the world it was discontinued and this reformulated fragrance is...

    About reviewer (136 reviews)

    Age44-55

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    ReikiD6

    18 years ago

    I LOVED Rive Gauche in the mid-70's when I bought it as a solid perfume. The original scent was the BEST, and it was all I ever wore as a teenager and well into my 20s. The new reformulated scent...

    About reviewer (4 reviews)

    Age44-55

    SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

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    5.0
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    freegracer

    18 years ago

    When YSL himself was at the helm of his maison, some of the most famous and gorgeous fragrances of the 20th century were released: Y, Rive Gauche, Opium, Paris come to mind. Now that YSL's house...

    About reviewer (124 reviews)

    Age36-43

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